When the FBI released the Hillary Clinton interview documents on the Friday before labor day even the insufferable leftist media flinched.  The timing of the release was entirely too obvious, too visible, too representational of the system being rigged.
The data within the release was additionally damaging toward the entire construct of “trust in government”.  Further erosion of public confidence is the consequence.

Which leads an intelligent person to wonder if James Comey isn’t intentionally trying to burn down the system.  After all, he’s not a stupid man.
When a system, any system, or even “the system“, is so horribly corrupt there’s always a rebound effect possible in direct proportion to the severity of the corruption.  No systems of governance (or of any sort) can stay tilted toward systemic corruption forever (see Venezuela). The best the indulgent power agents can do is postpone the inevitable correction as long as possible.
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In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Moderator Matt Lauer should have disclosed his involvement with, and donations to, the Hillary Clinton Foundation at the outset of this program/forum.   Not doing so was a terrible exhibition of poor journalistic ethics.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and Republican nominee Donald Trump, took the stage in New York at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum to field questions on national security, military affairs and veterans issues.
Two segments below.  The first with Hillary Clinton; the second with Donald Trump:

The second thirty minute segment was Donald Trump:
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If you missed the earlier discussion thread about Obama’s ISIS strategy/non-strategy  (SEE HERE), you might miss the essence of the brutal stupidity exhibited here by Jake Tapper.  Liberals always play the game of pretending not to know…
Senator Jeff Sessions does a great job delivering the Triple Penguin Award:

It was the anticipation of this predictable MSM approach exhibited by Tapper that was precisely the reason for the earlier discussion thread. (more…)

No, we are not going to reverse course and start deconstructing the insufferable media polling. We are committed to continuing to ignore the nonsense, the ‘shiny thing’ chatter.
However, every once in a while an example surfaces where we can explain that decision using a current case in point.  Cue today’s PPP Florida poll:

(Via PPP) […] PPP’s newest Florida poll finds a very tight race for President in the state. In the full field Donald Trump gets 44% to 43% for Hillary Clinton, with Gary Johnson at 5%, and Jill Stein and Evan McMullin each at 1%. But in a head to head between Clinton and Trump, the nominal lead flips to Clinton at 47/46. That’s because voters who support one of the minor candidates or are undecided in the full field pick Clinton by 12 points over Trump if they had to choose just between the two major candidates. (link)

OMG… “tight race“.  Oooooo,…. Ahhhhh,….. etc.
However, look at this first:

Wait, huh… wha?…. 16% of Registered Democrats are supporting Donald Trump?  By itself that’s called burying the lede; but wait…, Independents are split even (not likely)… and yet somehow Trump is losing overall?
The only way that’s even remotely possible is if PPP necessarily over sampled the Democrats in Florida.  It would take a considerable “over sampling” to pull off a Clinton poll lead. Let’s look: (more…)

Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will appear tonight in New York aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid aircraft carrier for a “Commander-in-Chief Forum” sponsored by Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and broadcast by NBC/MSNBC.
Having lost the coin toss, Hillary Clinton will appear first for a 30 minute Q&A, followed by Donald Trump for the final 30 minutes.

Who: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
What: IAVA “Commander-in-Chief Forum” moderated by Matt Lauer
Where: The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York City
When: Tonight, Sept 7th at 8 p.m. EDT
TV: Broadcast simultaneously on NBC and MSNBC

According to the latest NBC poll of retired or active military registered voters Donald Trump is leading Hillary Clinton by significant margins. – Data Link –

Earlier today CNN’s Chris Cuomo interviewed Corey Lewandowski (Trump) and Christine Quinn (Clinton) to get each campaigns perspective on current discussions of U.S. foreign policy and military use (video after background).
Notice how no-one, unfortunately even Lewandowski, references President Obama specifically selecting General John Allen in 2014 to lead the White House coordinated campaign against ISIS.

Flashback Sept 11th 2014 – U.S. officials told the Associated Press on Thursday that retired Marine Lieutenant General John Allen will coordinate the broad international effort to battle the self-declared Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), as nations begin to determine what part they will play. (more)

The appointing of General Allen specifically followed an alarming admission by President Obama himself, on August 28th 2014, that the White House had no strategy to defeat ISIS. Watch this to refresh:

Timeline:

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Donald Trump delivered a policy speech today in Philadelphia outlining his military  perspectives and vision for U.S. military engagement moving forward.  You can find the transcript HERE and below.
However, something a little different.  Along with the transcript below we are going to present pictures of recent military and foreign policy events which Donald Trump seemed to specifically refer to.

 
[ TRANSCRIPT ] Today, I am here to talk about three crucial words that should be at the center of our foreign policy: Peace Through Strength.
We want to achieve a stable, peaceful world with less conflict and more common ground.
I am proposing a new foreign policy focused on advancing America’s core national interests, promoting regional stability, and producing an easing of tensions in the world. This will require rethinking the failed policies of the past.
We can make new friends, rebuild old alliances, and bring new allies into the fold.
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Today candidate Donald Trump is in Philadephia, PA to deliver prepared remarks to The Union League of Philadelphia.  The event is not open to the public, but the speech will be broadcast live.   Event coverage begins at or before 11:00am EDT:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream

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